diff --git a/share/man/man9/style.9 b/share/man/man9/style.9 index 174acf8d6aa2..d69948100d45 100644 --- a/share/man/man9/style.9 +++ b/share/man/man9/style.9 @@ -58,6 +58,16 @@ is silent on an issue. */ .Ed .Pp +The copyright header should be a muli-line comment, with the first +line of the comment having a dash after the star like so: +.Bd -literal +/*- + * Copyright 1942 M. Warner Losh. All Rights Reserved. + * + * Long, boring license goes here, but redacted for brevity + */ +.Ed +.Pp After any copyright header, there is a blank line, and the .Va rcsid for source files.